On Saturday afternoon, September 9th, we gathered at the Museum for the opening of an amazing exhibit featuring the creative artwork of Evelyn Domján. It was a wonderful event, featuring George Kozmon’s in-person conversation with Michael Domján, Evelyn’s son, who joined us via Zoom from Austin, Texas. The story of Evelyn Domján and her husband Joseph came […]
On June 10th, we gathered at the Museum to hear Steven Zalany speak about the items from his extensive art collection that are currently on exhibit at the Museum. Mr. Zalany began collecting art in the 1990s, and recently he has concentrated on collecting mid-century modern ceramic pieces as well as Art-Nouveau and Art-Deco pieces […]
On Saturday, May 13th, we enjoyed a lovely afternoon at the “Museum’s Café” as we gathered to commemorate one of Hungary’s famous poets, Sándor Petőfi. It was little over 200 years ago that Petőfi was born, and although he died a young man, Petőfi left an imprint on Hungary’s history as well as on its […]
It is always such a great pleasure to welcome a group to our Museum. On April 20th, residents from the Rose Senior Living, in Avon, Ohio visited and toured the Museum. We had a great time together as we explored the treasures in our collection of artifacts and costumes, as well as sharing highlights of […]
Mr. Marcin Zgiep, the presenter at our April 15th program, gave an excellent lecture which was very well-received by the audience. According to some of the feedback, it was “so well done, so clearly delivered, and so well organized “. The talk explained in such clear and poignant terms that the Polish Solidarity movement truly unflinchingly ripped the […]
Please join us at the Cleveland Hungarian Museum on Saturday, April 15th, for the 3rd program in our 2023 Spring Lecture Series! “Democratic revolutions in Authoritarian States: Analysis of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the 1980 Polish Solidarity Movement”, Presented by Marcin Zgiep. Modern democracy is a Western (American, British or French) ideal which is […]
We had a great turnout for Dr. János Nádas’s presentation on the subject of Nirvana. Dr. Nádas is the President of the Hungarian Association, a Cleveland-based Hungarian cultural organization that sponsors an annual Congress which provides a forum for discussion of issues that impact Hungarian Americans. Most of our guests are familiar with his work within […]
Zsolt Máté, our speaker on February 11th, presented riveting details about the 1956 Hungarian revolution using various source materials from several presidential libraries, US Department of State archives, and oral histories. His talk illuminated three divergent perspectives on the revolution: Hungary’s expectations, the American governmental point of view, and the American Hungarian perspectives. He situated […]
Please join us on Saturday, March 11th at 2 o’clock at the Hungarian Museum for our program entitled “The Way to Nirvana (Nirvána”). Presented by Dr. John Nádas What is Nirvana? For 2500 years it has been described as the ultimate state of existence. Yet in the current era, what it is is a complete mystery. […]
Steve Emeric (István Imre) Szappanos was an integral part of our Museum! He passed away at age 93 on December 12, 2022. To understand how much we all will miss him, we have provided an extensive list of all his contributions to our Museum. To say that he cared for this cultural institution would be […]
